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# depends if the light source is bigger than the hamster
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Sun 31 Aug 2008, 17:12, archived)
# which it isn't
*doesn't actually know*

but it looks right, doesn't it?
(I helped save b3ta! Nathanial Hornblower, Sun 31 Aug 2008, 17:13, archived)
# I think the shadow needs to blur more
when the... thing... is higher up?
(I helped save b3ta! Tangy bzzzzzzzzt, Sun 31 Aug 2008, 17:17, archived)
# Does it?
I can't work it out either way.
(I helped save b3ta! Bob Todd whee, Sun 31 Aug 2008, 17:14, archived)
# I think it's right, isn't it?
ARGH MY MIND!
(I helped save b3ta! Nathanial Hornblower, Sun 31 Aug 2008, 17:16, archived)
# wouldn't the shadow get
less distinct (lower opacity) the higher it was?
(I helped save b3ta! FeralCatMan Unusual disease collector., Sun 31 Aug 2008, 17:18, archived)
# yup
i think that we've gone too far into the realm of physics considering the object of our attentions is in fact a hovering spherical hamster
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Sun 31 Aug 2008, 17:23, archived)
# yes, althought you'd expect blurrier edges.
it's what shadows look like on an overcast day.
(I helped save b3ta! Bloop Fri 16 Jul, 22:10, Sun 31 Aug 2008, 17:20, archived)
# imagine if there were two seperate light sources
if the hamster was up high, they'd cast seperate shadows. then as it got closer to the ground they'd start to overlap, and if the hamster was squished out at ground level they'd be totally overlapping
(I helped save b3ta! spacefish bong!, Sun 31 Aug 2008, 17:20, archived)